storm on the island

• "nor are there trees/which might prove company when it blows full blast"

  • personification of trees shows their companionship / nature and humans can work together

  • emphasizes community isolation
• spits like a tame cat / turned savage

  • "Cat" domesticated, humans have tried to domesticate nature but have failed
  • Simile - sea has turned dangerous, juxtaposition between tame and savage, shows how fast nature can switch
• we just sit tight while wind dives / and strafes invisibly

  • humans powerless while storm rages outside
  • personification - unrest, turbulence and danger
  • invisibility makes nature even more unpredictable